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Treeleaf T-Shirt Project (The Poll)

After reading some of your comments on the initial designs, Kyonin worked out some new designs that incorporated your ideas. We also had to evaluate the designs from a cost stand point as well. The Front and Back designs could get expensive to print, so it's best for now if we look at something a bit simpler. In the end, we'll likely go with a single design.

I think the full web address makes the designs look rather cluttered. It's hard to see, but it looks like they all have the "www"...do you really need that? I'm pretty sure I like #1 the best (black is cool, but I have a light colored cat!), but I still think adding .org to the end of the main Treeleaf graphic would look really cool.

I'll withhold my vote for now...and non think on it.

Gassho,
D

Ordained Priest -In-TrainingPlease take what I say with a grain of salt,
especially in matters of the Dharma!

I think the full web address makes the designs look rather cluttered. It's hard to see, but it looks like they all have the "www"...do you really need that? I'm pretty sure I like #1 the best (black is cool, but I have a light colored cat!), but I still think adding .org to the end of the main Treeleaf graphic would look really cool.

I'll withhold my vote for now...and non think on it.

Gassho,
D

Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock

Just cast my vote
Awesome charity project! Thank you to all who are working on this _/\_
Also, just having the ability to do an online poll is a pretty cool new feature. I'm continually impressed with Treeleaf 2.0. What can't this new forum do?!

I know this run of t-shirts we are going to try to go through a proper silk-screener, but perhaps we'll also setup a Redbubble or Cafepress site with miscelllaneous other goods as well. I know you can have buttons made on those sites.

This just made me think of another possibility as well. Buddhabadges.com is a website that makes these little 1" old school punk rock buttons with Buddhist themes. A lot of their buttons are micro fund-raisers for groups and projects, perhaps we can get them to make us a Treeleaf button where the proceeds go toward our charity fund. Thoughts?

If we set up a Cafe Press store for other non t-shirt items, we could have coffee mugs, mouse pads and a lot of stuff.

That would be cool

Originally Posted by christhatischris

When you say 'badges' do you mean like a button?

I know this run of t-shirts we are going to try to go through a proper silk-screener, but perhaps we'll also setup a Redbubble or Cafepress site with miscelllaneous other goods as well. I know you can have buttons made on those sites.

This just made me think of another possibility as well. Buddhabadges.com is a website that makes these little 1" old school punk rock buttons with Buddhist themes. A lot of their buttons are micro fund-raisers for groups and projects, perhaps we can get them to make us a Treeleaf button where the proceeds go toward our charity fund. Thoughts?

Gassho,
Chris

Last edited by Jundo; 06-26-2012 at 11:12 PM.

Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock

Hi everyone,
I think the "All Life Is Our Temple" catchphrase is less important than the name Treeleaf itself. So, I'd propose that they be inverted in the last desgin in terms of importance and size. What do you think Kyonon and everyone?
Gassho
Myozan

PS: In terms of going beyond the T-Shirts, I think the whole point is that this is to support a worthy cause (yet to be determined). So, it's important to bear that in mind.

If we set up a Cafe Press store for other non t-shirt items, we could have coffee mugs, mouse pads and a lot of stuff.

That would be cool

Hmmm. Not sure that we need much more "stuff" to symbolize a Zen Sangha. How about non-stuff? Perhaps we should sell empty coffee mugs (empty not just inside, but empty even of mugness)? You order it, and it never comes (thus never broken either).

I know this run of t-shirts we are going to try to go through a proper silk-screener, but perhaps we'll also setup a Redbubble or Cafepress site with miscelllaneous other goods as well. I know you can have buttons made on those sites.

This just made me think of another possibility as well. Buddhabadges.com is a website that makes these little 1" old school punk rock buttons with Buddhist themes. A lot of their buttons are micro fund-raisers for groups and projects, perhaps we can get them to make us a Treeleaf button where the proceeds go toward our charity fund. Thoughts?

Gassho,
Chris

Hi Chris I can't find the original post for the idea of T shirts? Are we going to try to distribute/sell them ourselves - how does it work?
Yes - I meant the button badges - they could be sold for charity - but might also be a subtle way of introducing Tree Leaf for those of us who are a bit T shirt shy.

Hi Chris I can't find the original post for the idea of T shirts? Are we going to try to distribute/sell them ourselves - how does it work?
Yes - I meant the button badges - they could be sold for charity - but might also be a subtle way of introducing Tree Leaf for those of us who are a bit T shirt shy.

Gassho

Willow

Willow,

That's exactly what I was wondering.

Gassho,
__/\__
Mike

To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183My Practice Blog

Hi Willow,
This time around the shirts would more or less be made to order. It's possible in the future we might have them for sale all the time, but for now we are just putting in an order for those that pre-pay for them.

If we end up having the shirts printed here (California), I'll likely ship the shirts headed East to Eurpope to Myozan for distribution. We'll work out the details for those shirts possibly headed to other points on the map as we need to.

I was just looking to see which design was in the lead and noticed that the design is still not our motto. It says "All Life is Our Temple", not "All of life is our temple". It's really not that different, but what's there made me think I'd be "saying" to those viewing the shirt that we believe in inhabiting all life forms.

Gassho,
Dosho

Ordained Priest -In-TrainingPlease take what I say with a grain of salt,
especially in matters of the Dharma!